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Tuesday, 8 September 2015

Agriculture Expert Ramesh Chand appointed as new full time member of NITI Aayog

Dhirendra Kumar

News Curator cum Moderator

Indian Botanists

The Prime Minister has approved the appointment of agriculture expert
Prof Ramesh Chand as one of the full-time members in the NITI Aayog.

He
has been a member of a task force on agriculture development under NITI
Aayog which is formulating strategies to give a boost to the agriculture
sector. Shri Ramesh Chand has also headed a government panel on Minimum
Support Price and has been working as Director of National Institute of
Agricultural Economics and Policy Research (NIAP) in New Delhi since
2010. Before this Dr. Chand served as ICAR National Professor at NCAP (2006 to 2010).

Dr Ramesh Chand

He did his Ph. D in Agricultural Economics from Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. His Ph.D. thesis, submitted to Indian Agricultural Research Institute,
New Delhi, was selected for Jawaharlal Nehru Award of Indian Council of
Agricultural Research in recognition of its outstanding Research
contributions.

Dr.Chand possess more than 25 years of experience in research and teaching. He worked in senior academic positions as Professor and Head – Agricultural Economics Unit, at Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi University; Professor of Marketing at Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana; Principal Scientist at NCAP; and Acting Director NCAP.

He has international experience as visiting professor at University of Wollongong in Australia (2000) and Visiting Fellow at Institute of Developing Economies, Chiba Shi, Japan (2003). Dr. Chand has also worked as consultant for FAO, UNDP, ESCAP, and World Bank.

Dr. Chand is author of seven books and nearly hundred research papers published in reputed national and international journals. His books are mostly on agriculture policy and development issues. some of his books are: Agricultural Diversification in
India: Potential and Prospects in Developed Region; Trade Liberalisation, WTO and Indian
Agriculture: Experience and Prospects; Trade Liberalisation, WTO and
Indian Agriculture: Experience and Prospects.

Served in several high level committees set up by government of India including “Steering Committee on Agriculture for XIth Plan” where he drafted the report of the Committee. He has been awarded for Rafi Ahmad Kidwai Award of ICAR in 2011.

The National Institute of Transforming India, NITI Aayog under the
Chairmanship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been set up in place of
place of Planning Commission. It has noted economist Aravind Panagariya
as its Vice Chairman while economist Bibek Debroy and former DRDO Chief
VKSaraswat along with agriculture expert Ramesh Chand now as full time
members.